Corn-shock loader.



No. 884,307. PATENTED APR. 7, 1908.

6,: WINEMILLER & G. GENTSLINGER. CORN SHOCK LOADBR.

APPLICATION IILBD NOV. 18,- 1907.

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GEORGE WINEMILLER AND GEORGE GENTSLINGER, OF WAPAKONETA, OHIO.

CORN-SHOCK LOADER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April '7, 1908.

Application filed November 18, 1907. Serial No. 402,769.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE WINEMILLER and GEORGE GENTsLINeEE, citizens of the upon a truck, or wheeled platform, and provided with mechanism for hoisting the corn shocks.

Our invention is embodied in the construction, arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter specified and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of our complete invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a differential Windlass and the bracket I lever-attachment forming a part of the invention. 3 is a longitudinal section of the lower portion of the apparatus. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the differential Windlass and the platform to which it is attached. Fig. 5 is a transverse section on the line 55 of Fig. 1.

In Fig. 1 the numeral 1 indicates a horizontal platform mounted upon a fixed rear axle 2 and a ivoted front aXle 3, both aXles being provi ed with small wheels. The front axle 3 is also provided with a short pole or tongue 4 to which a horse, or other draft animal may be attached for hauling the loader. A post or standard 5 is pivoted in the center of the platform 1 and supported by guys 6 that extend from the corners of the platform to a collar 7, which, as shown in Fi s. 1 and 5, is secured to a reduced cylindrica portion of the post. A horizontal arm 5 is secured to the upper portion of the post 5 and supported by bars 5 A pulley 8 is journaled in a suitable support at the outer end of the arm 5"", and another, 9, is similarly journaled in supports at thehead of the post, while a third pulley 10 is attached to the base of the post. A-hoisting rope 11 runs on these three pulleys and is attached to the reduced portion of a differential Windlass 12, which is journaled at the forward end of the platform 1. A draft-rope or chain 13 is applied to the larger portion of the Windlass and adapted to be extended forward for attachment of a draft animal. The two ropes 11 and 13 are wound in opposite directions on the Windlass so that if the draft animal attached to rope 13 travels outward from the platform, the hoisting-rope 11 will be taken up, and thus a corn-shock attached to its free end will be hoisted. The free end is preferably formed of a chain 11 and passes through a slot in the shank of a hook 11 which is provided with a pulley 11. The hook is adapted to engage the free end of the chain 11, and when the latter is passed around a shank, and tension is applied, the pulley travels on the chain until the shock is tightly compressed and then hoisted.

It is obviously necessary that the platform or truck shall be held stationary while the shock is being hoisted, otherwise the draft on the rope 13 will haul the truck along too far. WVe have, therefore, provided an automatic brake which is applied as soon as the draftrope is under considerable tension. One end of the differential Windlass 12 is journaled in a fixed bracket 12 and the other in a movable bracket 12. The latter is right-angular in form and provided with a slot 12 which receives a bolt 12 that enters the platform 1. In normal osition the Windlass 12 is indicated by ful lines Fig. 4 but when'suflicient draft is applied to the rope 13, it hauls the large end of the Windlass 12 forward to the position shown by dotted lines, and this movement applies a brake to the wheels of the platform, as will be understood by reference to Fig. 3, where a lever 14 is shown projecting up through the platform and pivoted thereto and also to the shaft of the Windlass. A rod 15 connects the lower end of said lever with another lever 16 that is pivoted under the platform 1 adjacent to the rear wheels and on which brake-shoes 17 are hung, one of which is shown. It will be understood that the forward movement of the Windlass tilts the lever 14, so that through the rod 15, the brakes are applied to the rear wheels. Another brake, operated by hand, is provided on the platform, the same consisting, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, of a curved friction plate 18 pivoted to the platform and adapted to bear on the Windlass, and a ush rod 19 which connects said plate wit the hand lever 20 pivoted at the rear end of the latform. By pushin on the lever 20 the brake may be applied with greater or less force. This brake is often useful when it is pushdesired to lock or hold the Windlass stationary, Without reference to tension on the draft-rope 13.

When a corn-shock has been hoisted, and it is desired to release tension on the draftrope 13, it is requisite that the hoisting-rope 11 shall be held or clamped in some manner. We employ for this purpose a form of brake composed of a block 21, see Fig. 1, a rod 22,

and the lever 23, the latter being pivoted to the lower portion of the post 5 and the rod connecting it with a stirrup 24. The stirru extends on opposite sides of the horizonta arm 5 and supports the block 21 so that When the lever 23 is depressed the block is brought down on the rope 11 so as to clamp it on the arm 5 and prevent its sliding or moving on the pulleys.

For the purpose of rotating the post 5, a toothed or spur gear 25 is attached to its lower end and the rack-bar 26 works in engagement with it, the same being held in due osition by a kee er 27. The rack-bar may be operated by a ever 28. It is obvious that b ushing or pulling on said lever, the post wil be rotated correspondingly in one direction or the other.

In ractical use of our invention, the truck or p atform, with attached ap aratus, is drawn between the shock to be loaded and the wagon on which it is to be placed; then, the post being rotated so as to bring the pulley 8 over the shock, the chain loop 11 is applied thereto, and, the draft animal attached to the draft-rope 13, being driven forward, the shock is hoisted to due height and then the post is rotated to swing the arm over the wagon, whereupon the draft animal is stopped and the Windlass braked by the hand mechanism, or the block 21 is pressed down upon the rope 11, so that the shock will descend upon the wagon without undue rapidity.

What we claim is:

l. The combination, with a wheeled platthe hoisting operation, substantial y as described.

2. The combination, with a wheeled platform and a post pivoted thereon and provided wit-h a lateral arm, pulleys j ournaled on the post and arm as described, a hoistingrope running on said pulleys, a differential Windlass journaled on the platform, one end thereof being movable laterally, a hoisting rope running on the said gaulleys and attached to the smaller end 0 the Windlass, a draft-rope wound in the opposite direction on the larger portion of the Windlass, a lever pivoted to the platform in vertical position and one end connected with the shiftable end of the Windlass, a swinging brake-shoe arranged under the platform contiguous to a rear Wheel, and a rod operatively connecting such brake-shoe with the aforesaid lever, as shown and described.

3. The combination, with a platform, a vertical post supported thereon and provided with a lateral arm, pulleys journaled on the post and arm, a hoisting-rope running on said pulleys, a brake block arranged above the hoisting-rope for clamping it upon the post arm, a lever pivoted to the 0st, and a rod connecting it with the brake look, as shown and described.

GEORGE WINEMILLER. GEORGE GENTSLINGER.

Witnesses:

GEo. HOOPINGARNER, JOHN HIMMER. 

